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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the grand inquisitor, what role does Jesus reject?
(a) Provider of food and shelter.
(b) Giver of wisdom.
(c) Aribiter of truth.
(d) Silent wanderer.

2. Why does the cardinal think people don't want freedom?
(a) They can't understand it.
(b) They hate all decisions.
(c) It too difficult for them.
(d) They are not smart enough.

3. What does Alyosha accuse the inquisitor of?
(a) Lying to the people.
(b) Not believing in God.
(c) Not loving the weak.
(d) Never telling the truth.

4. What motivates the inquisitor besides a desire for power?
(a) He believes he is doing right.
(b) He wants to destroy the weak.
(c) He never beleived in Jesus.
(d) he believes he is doing the work of Jesus.

5. According to the grand inquisitor, what is the church's work founded on?
(a) Truth and happiness
(b) Miracle, mystery, and authority.
(c) Fear of punishment
(d) Jesus promise to mankind

6. Why does the grand inquisitor think man values more than bread?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Someone to worship.
(c) Order.
(d) Love and happiness.

7. What does Ivan say must exist among the clergy?
(a) One believer in the church's mission.
(b) Hope and love.
(c) Jesus in disguise.
(d) A man unlike the inquisitor.

8. Why is there still doubt as to the truth of Jesus' divinity?
(a) He refused to prove it.
(b) The church has destroyed faith.
(c) People are afraid to have faith.
(d) Man is naturally sketptical.

9. What changes in himself does the grand inquisitor confess?
(a) He once believed in Jesus' teachings.
(b) He thought Jesus was wrong.
(c) He used to be an atheist.
(d) He used to want power over all.

10. What is a prediction given by the grand inquisitor about the future of the church?
(a) It will be destroyed by Jesus.
(b) It will soon crumble.
(c) It will last for eternity.
(d) The will have power over the state.

11. What does the inquisitor say people will destroy?
(a) The world.
(b) The prisons.
(c) Jesus' temple.
(d) Seville.

12. What sanction does the grand inquisitor claim Jesus has given for their behavior?
(a) Ability to communicate in disguise.
(b) Eternal forgiveness.
(c) The right to speak in his name.
(d) Freedom to accept or reject his teaching.

13. What mystery does Ivan say is guarded?
(a) The church doesn't believe what they teach.
(b) The clergy is really after money.
(c) There is no God.
(d) Jesus never existed.

14. Describe Alyosha's reaction to Ivan's tale.
(a) He wants to know more.
(b) He is bored by the long story.
(c) He agrees wholeheartedly.
(d) He questions Ivan's poem as absurd.

15. How does the grand inquisitor justify people turning their backs?
(a) His says misery increased and Christ was not around.
(b) He says he would have done the same.
(c) He points at advances in science.
(d) He knows they are afraid of freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the inquisitor think people will rise?

2. How does the cardinal say Jesus responded to the first question from the spirit?

3. What is the first question the spirit asks Jesus?

4. According to the grand inquisitor, How does the church use Jesus to deceive the people?

5. What does the grand inquisitor say the church must do for the people?

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